Strategies for improving transportation project delivery performance.

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• Creators:
  Gransberg, Douglas D. ; Kovel, Jacob ; Pines, David ; Stahl, Jane ; Zhou, Bin
• Corporate Creators:
  Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Connecticut. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Project delivery
  • Construction manager at risk
  • Design bid build
  • Construction projects
  • Road construction
  • Project delivery
  • designbid-
  • build
  • design-build
  • construction
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  CT-2298-F-16-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Connecticut
• Corporate Publisher:
  Connecticut. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  project delivery performance for the various contracting methods that are ; applicable for CTDOT’s use. The report is structured in two parts. Part A covers overall ; project deliverability and Part B is focused on environmental review processes and ; permitting. An overview of the study’s recommendations is as follows: CTDOT leadership ; should articulate the department’s vision and objectives for project delivery performance ; and continue to foster and improve internal relations to instill a shared production ; culture and team orientation among designers, engineers, environmental regulators, and ; associated construction entities; to achieve the goals as set forth in the state’s ; transportation capital program plans, it is expected that CTDOT and the Connecticut ; Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will require additional staffing and ; flexibility to engage consultants to fill staffing gaps, especially to meet short-term ; needs; establish key project delivery performance measures to monitor processes using ; data-driven analysis to identify areas for improvement, and justify needed funding and ; staffing levels; a useful strategy for improving constructability and ensuring the ; success of all projects, regardless of the project delivery method used, is early and ; continuous contractor and regulator involvement to enable design and constructability to ; be considered concurrently; to enhance environmental benefits and minimize environmental ; impacts of a project, a holistic design approach should be used that includes early and ; collaborative discussions between designers, construction managers, and environmental ; regulators. The practice of sequential design reviews for environmental considerations ; should be replaced with over-the-shoulder reviews where environmental considerations are ; integrated into overall project design; use the project delivery method and contractor ; selection method that best fits a project’s challenges and objectives to achieve ; potential benefits; a consultant should be engaged to guide the development and ; implementation of alternative contracting methods (ACMs) processes, and for training ; CTDOT staff in all aspects of scoping, procurement and contracting, and managing the ; relationships between CTDOT and design and construction project teams in the use of ACMs.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  CT Study No. SPR-2298
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31599/dot_31599_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:386c5dd8bf41f5ee5296acaa310ede9f6d322e48beb3251cf367cf517231e8b1